Labor Day

Making Labor Day an official national holiday as part of his political campaign, in 1894, President Grover Cleveland made good on his promise, and signed a law making Labor Day an officially recognized US holiday.
Labor Day originally was celebrated in Canada before being adopted into American Culture.
Peter Mcguire an American labor leader of the nineteenth century. He co-founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor(AFL). He is credited with first proposing the idea of Labor Day as a national holiday in 1882.
Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day a holiday in 1887.
The first Labor Day parade was on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, but it was actually a protest march for safer working conditions, shorter hours and better wages for workers.
Much of the world observes Labor Day on May 1. In more than 80 countries worldwide, Labor Day is usually synonymous or linked with International Workers' Day, which occurs on May 1st.
In 1955, in Avondale Estates, Georgia, the very first Waffle House opened it's doors to the public.
Americans worked 12-hour days and 7-day weeks (yikes!) in the late 1800s. Kids as young as 5-6 years old worked in factories.
According to highway accident stats, Labor Day weekend is the most dangerous weekend to
travel on US highways.
Labor Day is the third most popular holiday weekend for barbecuing, after
July 4th and Memorial Day.
According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, hot dog season begins on Memorial Day and ends on Labor Day.
In 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act making the minimum wage $0.25 an hour and a maximum of 44 hours in a work week. The Act has been revised multiple times, eventually raising the minimum wage and cutting down work weeks.
99.44 percent of the time, the NFL plays its first official season game the Thursday after Labor Day.
In 1916 the Adamson Act was passed, which firmly established the 8-hour workday. This was the first federal law regulating hours of workers in private companies.
Henry Ford September 1926 becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five day work week, 40 hour work week for workers at his automotive factories. Before long manufacturers all over the world followed his lead.
When Labor Day was written into law in 1894 it specified that it would fall on the first Monday in September. This created a three day weekend for most Amrican workers.
School starts back a week or so before Labor Day.
Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer.
The leaves start to change beautiful colors of red, orange, and brown. Indicating the beginning of fall.